U18 World League

Vladikavkaz
Spectators: 7867 (Terracing: 5902, Seating: 1809, VIP seats: 156) WINNING ELEVEN's defense didn't have a chance, in the 7th minute, when Valeriy Chirkov scored to the left of an out of position Serafino Polo, making the score, 1-0. In the 12th minute, Abelardo Raitin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Serafino Polo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eduard Florianov in the 16th minute of play. In the 23rd minute, Arkadiy Svetlov made a precise shot to the right of Serafino Polo. WINNING ELEVEN's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. 27 minutes into the game, Nereo Sanchez cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Pavel Chabanov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Pedro Erramu during the 32nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Arsenal F.C. booed when WINNING ELEVEN was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pedro Erramu didn't get a good kick on the ball. 34 minutes into the match, WINNING ELEVEN's goal looked a bit too open when Eduard Florianov came free, but Serafino Polo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Arkadiy Svetlov got free with Serafino Polo in the 39th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 41st minute, Eduard Florianov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Adan Francho struck a weak shot in the 43rd minute. Pavel Chabanov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for WINNING ELEVEN. 45 minutes into the match, WINNING ELEVEN's goalkeeper Serafino Polo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Arkadiy Svetlov. After 46 minutes, Abelardo Raitin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the WINNING ELEVEN and the Arsenal F.C. players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, WINNING ELEVEN's Abelardo Raitin got a free kick in the 46th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

57 minutes into the match, WINNING ELEVEN's goal looked a bit too open when Valeriy Gribin came free, but Serafino Polo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Serafino Polo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Valeriy Gribin went, in the 58th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. After 63 played minutes WINNING ELEVEN got a freekick which was hit by Rigoberto Hechter. Pedro Erramu kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. In the 67th minute Adan Francho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pavel Chabanov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 70 minutes into the game, Pedro Erramu threw the ball into play from the sideline. Arsenal F.C.'s Georgiy Frolov quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 71st match minute, Arsenal F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eduard Florianov to maneuver through the defense. In the 73rd minute, Georgiy Frolov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 76th minute, Eduard Florianov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Serafino Polo was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-1. Serafino Polo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valeriy Gribin in the 80th minute of the match. Adan Francho struck a weak shot in the 83rd minute. Pavel Chabanov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for WINNING ELEVEN. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valeriy Gribin in the 86th minute of play forced WINNING ELEVEN's goalkeeper Serafino Polo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. WINNING ELEVEN's Paulino Lizer suffered a sore thigh after 91 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Arkadiy Svetlov's late challenge caught a WINNING ELEVEN's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Arkadiy Svetlov helped the player get up and apologised. With a little luck, Arsenal F.C.'s Pavel Chabanov got control of the ball when Nereo Sanchez tried to sneak it across the goal line. Arsenal F.C.'s fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.